If you are the one who appreciates Cacti but the spines stop you fore using this Genus in your landscape. We have the plant for you. Opuntia cacanapa is a native to the American southwest and northern Mexico. It is a very fast growing species and from one pad can reach 4-5'high x 4-5" wide in threes years. Pale green large pads are arranged in a an erect fashion. It produces bright yellow flower in June-July. The best part about this interesting species is that it is 99.9% spineless and 99% glochidless. Glochid (The finely barbed tiny fiberglass like spines at the base of the large spine an area called the areoles where the larger spine originate.